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    The Essential Maynard Ferguson

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    05/22/2007 | Sony 

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    All Music Guide Review

    While this two-CD set does cover a lot of the material Maynard Ferguson recorded between the mid-'50s and late '90s, it suffers from a chronological imbalance that keeps it from living up to its title as the "essential" distillation of his work. It's heavily tilted toward his Columbia output, which is understandable given that Columbia/Legacy is the label that put out this compilation. But that means that his recordings from Roulette between the late '50s and mid-'60s -- a period in which he's usually regarded as having done some of his finest straight jazz music -- is underrepresented, with just three tracks coming from his time there. There aren't any recordings at all, in fact, from the years 1963-1969, and the anthology makes you feel as though you're listening to two different artists: one a credible straight-ahead jazz trumpeter, the other a highly skilled one who embraced the most commercial side of jazz-pop. So listening to the collection, you can hear why he's both respected (for his trumpet playing, especially in the upper register) and reviled (for his rock-funk-pop-disco-oriented arrangements, especially in the mid- to late '70s) by jazz fans in almost equal measure. Listeners who are more pop fans than jazz fans, however, will be pleased that his '70s material comprises about half this set, including, yes, his 1977 Top 30 pop hit "Gonna Fly Now," famous from its use in the Rocky film. His more conventional jazz talents, it should be stated, are acknowledged on the early material that occupies much of the first disc. Overall, however, it's one of those uncomfortable mixes in which admirers of one portion of the compilation might have little enthusiasm for the other. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

    The Essential Maynard Ferguson Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • time
  • lyrics
  • 1
  • The Way You Look Tonight
  • 2:55
  • Sound Clip for The Way You Look Tonight from The Essential Maynard Ferguson


  • 2
  • 20, Rue de Madrid
  • 5:04
  • Sound Clip for 20, Rue de Madrid from The Essential Maynard Ferguson


  • 3
  • Never You Mind
  • 3:29
  • Sound Clip for Never You Mind from The Essential Maynard Ferguson


  • 4
  • Over the Rainbow
  • 3:07
  • Sound Clip for Over the Rainbow from The Essential Maynard Ferguson


  • 5
  • The Wailing Boat
  • 3:09
  • Sound Clip for The Wailing Boat from The Essential Maynard Ferguson


  • 6
  • Somebody Wants Me Down There
  • 4:04
  • Sound Clip for Somebody Wants Me Down There from The Essential Maynard Ferguson


  • 7
  • Blue Birdland
  • 4:13
  • Sound Clip for Blue Birdland from The Essential Maynard Ferguson


  • 8
  • Straight Up
  • 3:37
  • Sound Clip for Straight Up from The Essential Maynard Ferguson


  • 9
  • Free Lee
  • 2:44
  • Sound Clip for Free Lee from The Essential Maynard Ferguson


  • 10
  • Everybody Moan
  • 4:23
  • Sound Clip for Everybody Moan from The Essential Maynard Ferguson


  • 11
  • Tag Team
  • 5:06
  • Sound Clip for Tag Team from The Essential Maynard Ferguson


  • 12
  • Newport
  • 8:41
  • Sound Clip for Newport from The Essential Maynard Ferguson


  • 13
  • Maria
  • 3:06
  • Sound Clip for Maria from The Essential Maynard Ferguson


  • 14
  • Macarthur Park
  • 10:01
  • Sound Clip for Macarthur Park from The Essential Maynard Ferguson


  • 15
  • Ballad to Max
  • 5:28
  • Sound Clip for Ballad to Max from The Essential Maynard Ferguson


  • 16
  • Give It One
  • 3:33
  • Sound Clip for Give It One from The Essential Maynard Ferguson


  • 17
  • 'Round Midnight
  • 4:48
  • Sound Clip for 'Round Midnight from The Essential Maynard Ferguson


  • 18 (2)
  • The Fox Hunt (Live)
  • 3:56
  • Sound Clip for The Fox Hunt (Live) from The Essential Maynard Ferguson


  • 19 (2)
  • I'm Getting Sentimental Over You (Live)
  • 4:46
  • Sound Clip for I'm Getting Sentimental Over You (Live) from The Essential Maynard Ferguson


  • 20 (2)
  • Two for Otis (Live)
  • 6:56
  • Sound Clip for Two for Otis (Live) from The Essential Maynard Ferguson


  • 21 (2)
  • Superbone Meets the Bad Man
  • 5:10
  • Sound Clip for Superbone Meets the Bad Man from The Essential Maynard Ferguson


  • 22 (2)
  • Chameleon
  • 4:36
  • Sound Clip for Chameleon from The Essential Maynard Ferguson


  • 23 (2)
  • The Cheshire Cat Walk
  • 10:13
  • Sound Clip for The Cheshire Cat Walk from The Essential Maynard Ferguson


  • 24 (2)
  • Gonna Fly Now
  • 4:23
  • Sound Clip for Gonna Fly Now from The Essential Maynard Ferguson


  • 25 (2)
  • Everybody Loves the Blues
  • 7:17
  • Sound Clip for Everybody Loves the Blues from The Essential Maynard Ferguson


  • 26 (2)
  • An Offering of Love, Pt. 1
  • 2:50
  • Sound Clip for An Offering of Love, Pt. 1 from The Essential Maynard Ferguson


  • 27 (2)
  • Birdland
  • 5:41
  • Sound Clip for Birdland from The Essential Maynard Ferguson


  • 28 (2)
  • Caravan
  • 10:16
  • Sound Clip for Caravan from The Essential Maynard Ferguson


  • 29 (2)
  • Waltz for Nicole
  • 6:16
  • Sound Clip for Waltz for Nicole from The Essential Maynard Ferguson


  • 30 (2)
  • Manteca
  • 6:25
  • Sound Clip for Manteca from The Essential Maynard Ferguson


    • Credits of The Essential Maynard Ferguson

    • Teo Macero
    • Producer, Original Recording Producer
    • Willie Maiden
    • Clarinet, Sax (Tenor), Flute, Sax (Soprano), Arranger
    • Mark Colby
    • Saxophone, Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor)
    • John Burk
    • Producer, Original Recording Producer
    • Tom Garling
    • Trombone, Assistant Producer, Original Recording Producer, Producer, Arranger
    • Biff Hannon
    • Synthesizer, Piano, Piano (Electric), Keyboards
    • Jack Lewis
    • Producer, Original Recording Producer
    • Maynard Ferguson
    • Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Horn (Baritone), Trombone (Valve), Producer, Original Recording Producer
    • Don Menza
    • Clarinet, Flute, Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor)
    • Bud Shank
    • Flute, Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone)

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